IN PICTURES: SALFORD CITY V MARINE

“It doesn’t matter what level you’re at, you have to take your chances, but we didn’t have a constant pressure on their goal.”

The Ammies couldn't create many clear cut chances in the first half despite having the upper hand of the momentum, and went closest when Marine goalkeeper Matt Cooper spilled a free kick into Danny Webber’s feet, but his shot was blocked with Steve Howson’s follow-up effort also finding a Marine body.

Summer signing Stephen O’Halloran, Gareth Seddon and Jordan Hulme all had great opportunities in the second half, before Marine put pressure on in the last 10 minutes in search of a winner, but Jamie Menagh was denied by Jay Lynch from a free kick, before hitting the woodwork.

WATCH: ANTHONY JOHNSON ON SALFORD'S DRAW WITH MARINE

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It is the first competitive 0-0 draw at Moor Lane since August 2013, and the first time Salford have failed to score since a 2-0 loss to Lancaster City at the start of March, but it wasn’t all bad for Johnson.

“A point’s a point, at the end of the day we had a clean sheet which is probably the only bonus out of it.”

He continued: “It’s just a disappointing performance, a laboured performance which me and Bern (Morley) have got to go and sort out before Tuesday.”

(Image: Dominic Salter)

Having been promoted to the Northern Premier Division with Ramsbottom last season before moving to Salford in January, Johnson is under no illusions about how difficult it will be to achieve their target of promotion.

“I think you’ve seen what this league is all about; organised sides, hard to break down, and sides will do that for whatever reason against us, they’ll try and sit in and watch us make mistakes, or hope that we make a mistake and try punish us,” he said.

“I said to the lads ‘we’ve got to learn to combat that’, they’re not like the sides that’ll come and have a go at you and you win 6-0, it doesn’t happen in this division.”